Max cleared his throat. "I think we should get down to business now…"
Everyone paid attention to Max.
"So, we don't have enough conclusive data to make an accurate theory, but it looks as though the Ashs are going to be in a region they traveled to, to meet up with someone… special they met."
Bonnie blushed with hands on her cheeks. "Aww! I never would have thought that Ash was so sweet!"
Both Ashs looked away with an embarrassed look and a nervous laugh.
May and Serena deeply blushed.
Serena then gave a confused look. "But… how did you figure out there was an Ash here in Kalos?"
Max shrugged. "The Ash of this world being dead makes other Ashs stick out like a sore thumb. People all over the world the web have talked about seeing Ash's ghost or wondering if he's really dead with pictures of him in a busy city all over the web…" Max gave the Ashs a stressed look. "While it made it finding you easier… I'd say that it isn't smart with Team Rainbow already disposing this world's Ash, and could easily do the same to you individually as well…"
They both gulped and sweated.
Max sighed. "In any case, this means we need to find the Ash's quickly before Team Rainbow can get to them!"
They all nodded.
"So… whose Team Rainbow?" Serena asked.
Max sighed. "Well, let's make sure everyone here understands everything on what's all going on." Max explained everything he's got from May and the first Ash.
Serena gave a worried look. "Wow… this sound serious."
May looked over to the Ash's and smiled. "But I'm sure with the Ash's by are side, we'll be fine!"
Serena smiled and nodded. "I agree."
"So…. Is there another place were there've been other sightings of Ash?" Bonnie asked.
"… Opelucid city, in the Unova region and Cerulean City in the Kanto region. That's all I've seen on the web…"
"… Is that all the Ash's there are?" May asked.
"How should I know?" Max replied.
They all starred at the two Ash's for answers, which in turn just stared at each other.
"Arceus… never said any number it's getting." an Ash said.
The other Ash shrugged. "Maybe it was still gathering us all up."
Max screamed. "Are you kidding? Arceus is like a god! It should know what he's doing before it happens!" Max sighed and calmed down. "Okay, that's not important now." He then stared at everyone with a serious look. "We got a couple of locations of where Ashs are, so to efficiently find them, we need to split up and look for them."
"I promised to keep Serena safe, so I should go with her," an Ash said. He looked over at Serena. "Unless… you'd rather go with someone else."
Serena shyly looked away with a huge blush and smile. "I wouldn't want to go with anyone else other than you…"
The other Ash put a fist up excitingly in the air. "Sweet! That means we're a team, May!"
May blushed and giggled. "Looks like it."
"This is fine, as me and Bonnie can keep an eye on the two of you to make sure you are doing what you're supposed to."
"What's that supposed to mean?" an Ash asked.
"We'll do what we need to do to save our worlds, Max!" the other reassured.
"Yes… If you're not making out with your girlfriend, that is…"
The Ashs, Serena, and May heavily blushed.
"Aww… I don't wanna do that! That sound so lame!" Bonnie complained.
May got up in Max's face with an angry look. "Your just upset that you can't be your girlfriend!"
Max's face got all red. "Shut up, May! You know Bonnie's just my friend!"
"A friend you want to kiss."
Max screamed from all the embarrassment. "I do not!"
Bonnie looked away with a blush.
They all sighed as the siblings argued.
Bonnie looked between the two Ashs. "Hmm… isn't really confusing that both of you are the same person with the same name?"
They looked at each other.
"It is… weird." They both said.
Bonnie smiled. "We need a name to differentiate you two! That way there's no confusion when one of us is talking to you!"
Max and May were facing away from each other with crossed arms and an angry look, but then Max shouted, "That's a great idea! We also need to disguise you two, so you won't get targeted by Team Rainbow!"
The Ashs crossed their arms as they thought.
"So… how does Cesar Salad for an alias sound?" an Ash asked.
They all looked at him with a sweat drop.
"Get serious…" Max said.
"I know!" Bonnie turned to the Ash by May. "You can be Aay…" She then turned to the one by Serena. "And you can be Asrena!"
Both Ashs gave a confused look.
"Eh? Or is it… A? What a weird name," one of the Ash's said.
The other Ash scratched the back of his head with an awkward look. "You're pretty creative Bonnie, but… I already forgot how to pronounce the name you gave me."
Bonnie facepalmed. "Just mix yours and Serena's name…" she mumbled.
Max turned to the Ash by his sister. "You know what, Cesar is fine! Just… not the Salad!"
"Then I'll be Potato!" the other Ash shouted.
They all fell to the floor besides the Ashs.
"You know… let's just pick out a name the internet gives us for you…" Max said.
He shrugged. "Okay."
Max went on his pokenav went to a website that gives random names and hit a button to get a random name, and "Red" popped up.
"Huh, that's a weird one…" Bonnie commented.
The Ash smiled. "I like it, though. Nice and simple!"
Max sighed. "Whatever. We wasted enough time with this. I'll leave Serena and May to fix the Ashs hair and clothes and all that, so he isn't recognizable." He then looked up at the Ashs and smiled. "But you want to see the pokemon I got real quick, right?"
"You bet I do!" both Ashs shouted.
"Alright!" Max sent out all his pokemon, which contained the linoone they met earlier, swampert, breloom, slaking, gallade, and a raichu.
"Wow! What a great team!" Cesar shouted.
"Yeah! Now you ready to see ours?" Red asked.
Serena gave a confused look. "Ours? Wouldn't only one of you need to bring out your pokemon, being you're the same person?"
Both the Ashs shrugged and said, "let's see."
They both sent out their pokemon, but the only pokemon they shared was Pikachu.
May recognized all the pokemon Cesar sent out and gave a surprised look. It was the team he had in Hoenn, with Corphish evolving into a cawdawnt.
"Hey! It's good to see you all again!" Max excitingly said.
Cesar's team all went up and happily greeted May and Max.
Serena gasped, seeing Red's pokemon. He had his Kalos team.
Red's pokemon saw Serena and Bonnie, and excitingly went up to them.
"Greninja's here? That's great! Team Rainbow won't know what hit them with Ash-Greninja!" Bonnie excitingly shouted.
Greninja looked down with a sad look.
Red looked down with a frown. "Well, if only we could do the bond phenomenon…"
Bonnie and Serena frowned.
"What happened?" Bonnie asked.
Red narrowed his eyes. "I'm not sure… I came back, him and Squishy were injured…"
Bonnie gave a worried look. "Oh no! They're hurt?"
"Nurse Joy said they both recovered fine. But when we were attacked by Flare grunts, we couldn't do it…" He looked over at Greninja with a sad look. "… Maybe you're upset that I didn't stay by your side to fight the vines alongside you?"
Greninja shook its head no.
Red sighed. "I dunno…"
Serena gave a reassuring smile and put a hand on his shoulder. "You struggled with using Ash-Greninja before, right?"
Red thought a bit.
"…With Wulfric?"
Red gave a look of realization. "Oh yeah…"
"So maybe… the reason is the same. You two are out of sync. And it would make sense when you two haven't seen each other for a while, and with what all happened to you recently…"
Red looked over at Serena with a serious look. "Yeah… That makes sense."
"I'm sure with him being by your side and you two getting to understanding each other again, I'm sure you'll be able to use Ash-Greninja again!"
Red smiled. "Thanks Serena."
Serena smiled with a blush. "Glad to help!"
"Sooo… What's this Ash-Greninja bond phenomenon thing?" Max asked.
May looked at Cesar for answers.
After explaining everything about Ash-Greninja, the group started getting ready to leave. Bonnie went and called Clemont to see if he can find out more about locations of where other Ashs could be. It was agreed upon Cesar's group will go to Kanto, with May and Max believing that they know who that Ash is going to see and eager to see her again, and Red's group is going to Unova.
Red looked over to Serena who had a disappointed look. "Serena, is something the matter?"
"Well, I was just thinking…." Serena looked at him with a frown. "I didn't give you anything to remember me by, before we separated…"
Red laughed. "What are you talking about? I got the best gift from you than from any of my other traveling companions!"
Serena gave him a puzzled look. "I did?"
"Of course! Remember? I'll give you a hint…" Red winked at her. "Escalator."
Serena thought a bit, before gasping and turning red.
"Oh yeah! The kiss!" Bonnie shouted exciting with a blush and a giggle.
"Kiss!?" May screamed. She then turned to Cesar with a hurt look. "You kissed Serena?"
Cesar looked away with an uncomfortable look. "No. She kissed me… and a long time ago." He pulled out his half ribbon. "This is the best item I have here… It reminds me of one of the fun times we had together…"
May blushed, and Serena gave a worried look.
Max sighed at the sight with a worried look. "Let's get going before someone gets hurt."
